Bushwacked by the Gauls !!!!

**Loopy** · 10-20-2004, 15:28

Playing as the Julii (hard/hard) my faction leader's wife was unable to bear him a son. Numerous daughters were married off to various elderly losers in a desperate attempt to provide family members to govern my growing empire. Finally my youngest daughter was courted by a promising young man with several command stars and good management skills. I pegged this fellow to be my heir and sent him campaigning around Gaul destroying the barbarian scum and act as a floating governor for several settlements. After several years, the Gauls being on their last legs, I was ready to bring him home and pass on my beneficial retainers before the faction leader croaked of old age. I set him up with a small but powerful battle group and sent him South to the coast so he could grab a ship back to the capital. Unfortunately the Gauls had gathered together thier remaining armies and were waiting in ambush with a full stack. Surounded in the forest my heir and every one of his soldiers was butchered. My young daughter is now a widow with no children to bring her comfort, and my most promising heir is a 57 year old geezer.

**Lucidor** · 10-20-2004, 16:12

You know, this game brings out the fun stuff in family planning... :)

Did anyone else play the old boardgame Blood Royale, where you could marry your way to power, and military might sometimes wasn't necessary if you had interpreted the inheritance rules correctly?

**moksha** · 10-20-2004, 16:46

Yeah I played Blood Royale-excellent game!

**OctavianAugustus** · 10-20-2004, 17:34

thats awesome the AI knows how to ambush properly

i cant wait to get ambushed for my first time

ill be awaiting my demise enthusiastically
your story makes me wanna play more lol

**Razor1952** · 10-21-2004, 04:40

One of my Govs got ambushed by the Gauls.. fortunately (or unfortunately for the Gauls) they forgot I had a big stack of reinforcements just happening to be going the other way at the same battlefield... tough luck Gaullies... cheers to CA for a great game.

**Lonewarrior** · 10-21-2004, 04:48

LOL that's awsome let us now how it goes at the end.

**Papewaio** · 10-21-2004, 05:36

Just hope he is a virile 57 year old.
Sounds like a good base for a short story.

**Colovion** · 10-21-2004, 06:19

keep posting as the game comes along. Posts like this make me want to play more.

oh and don't fret too much - I've had these two crazy brothers in my Greek campaign who kept "one upping" the other. They both didn't have wives for the longest time. Then one got a wife when he was 35 and the other a couple years later when he was about the same age. Then they started having kids. By the end one had 4 kids and the other 3. THe last two children were born when they were in their mid 50s!